Sasser, J. N. (Joseph Neal), 1921-2005

found: His Studies on identification and host-parasite relationships of the common root-knot ... 1953.

found: Taylor, A. L. Biology, identification, and control of root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne species), 1978:t.p. (J.N. Sasser)

found: The journal of nematology, 2006:volume 38, issue 1, page 1-2 (Joseph Neal Sasser 1921-2005; Joseph (Joe) Neal Sasser, pioneer and world authority on root-knot nematodes, died on August 17, 2005 at the age of 84; Joe was born on May 21, 1921 in Wayne County, North Carolina; he attended Wake Forest College for one year on a baseball scholarship; eventually he transferred to then North Carolina State College to major in agricultural education; upon graduation in 1943, he entered Midshipmen's School at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, and subsequently served a three-year tour of duty in the U. S. Navy on a sea-going rescue tug; from 1946 to 1948, Joe worked in the agricultural chemicals industry; in 1948, he enrolled in a master's degree program at NC State College to investigate population dynamics of root-knot nematodes; he entered the University of Maryland in 1950 and completed his Ph. D. in 1953; in 1953, Joe returned to NC State University (NCSU), assuming research and teaching duties as the first full-time nematologist (assistant professor) in the Plant Pathology Department; Joe retired in 1989, after 36 years of research and service to the State of North Carolina, his university, and the international nematology community)